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Esther 2:4-6
Lexham English Bible

4 And let the young woman who is pleasing[a] in the king’s eyes become queen in place of Vashti. The thing was good in the king’s eyes, and he acted accordingly.

5 There was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who was deported[b] from Jerusalem with the exiles[c] who were deported[d] with Jeconiah[e] the king of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:4 Literally “who is good”
  2. Esther 2:6 Or “exiled”
  3. Esther 2:6 Hebrew “exile”
  4. Esther 2:6 Or “exiled”
  5. Esther 2:6 A variant spelling of “Jehoiachin”
  6. Esther 2:6 Or “exiled”
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